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Jordy busy making bunting |
Welcome
back to Tiggy, where it’s been all hands on deck for the Tigoung Nonma Open
Day. It goes without saying that we’re all exhausted, after the last month and
a half spent on preparations for the big day. The real business started the day
before, when Tiggy’s catering service ladies started making the food for the
next day, staying until 11pm to get it all ready! The volunteers also worked
late making bunting and baking banana cake to sell. It was great to see lots of
Tiggy’s members getting together to work towards the event. After a good night’s
sleep, we headed to Tiggy at 8am where preparations were already going strong
and the aroma of meat brochettes was filling the street. The next few hours
were spent doing some last minute preparations and then, at 11.00 bang on the
dot, the first guests arrived.
Our initial
plan was for a mini-open day, but before we knew it, the place was swarming
with visitors, and food was being sold at a startling pace – by the end of the
day it was all sold out, banana cake and all! Visitors also took advantage of
the artisan demonstrations, including Evariste’s personalised leather
bracelets, as well as the henna tattoos and hair styling by Clémentine and
Fatimata. The atmosphere cranked up a notch when one of the members wowed the
visitors with his incredible dancing skills, accompanied by ground-shaking Afro-beats
organised by ‘DJ (Francis) Fancani’.
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Volunteers enjoying the food! |
Everyone
played their part in making sure that the day went smoothly. Salman and Achille
were on the drinks, Jordy, Esther and Rumbie helped take people’s orders and
manned the cake stand, whilst Mary proved her worth in salesmanship, and
Francis did some inspirational MC-ing. All the while we were selling products
left right and centre, and by the end of the day we had made a whopping 505,975
CFA in total, that’s £613, making it the most successful open day to date. Not
bad for a supposedly ‘mini open day’!
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Vice President Evariste being interviewed for Savane FM |
Another
high point of the day was a visit from a Savane FM presenter, who interviewed
some of the members for a media coverage exclusive which was aired the next day
on the radio! The volunteers and the
members alike are thrilled with the way the day went, and we are pleased that our
efforts during the day have both raised awareness about the organisation and
disability, and gained much-needed funds to sustain TN’s activities and its members.
Overall, it
was a fantastic way to end our 3 months at Tiggy, and a special day that won’t
be forgotten.
All that’s
left is to say thank you Tiggy, we’ll miss you! ... and to wish the best of
luck to the next team leader, Alice, and her team. They have a great 3 months
to look forward to.
That’s all
from us in cohort 9. Bilfou!
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Cohort 9 volunteers with the TN team |
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